head gasket turned into engnbldr rebuild

[Driftinfc]

Yessir, that's the plan. I want 35s but I've been doing some more research and it seems 33s are perfect

 

[KidVermicious]

35s are awesome for a truck that's primarily a wheeler. For a go-anywhere truck that still gets daily driven, I think 33s are where it's at. Your CV axles and tie rod ends will thank you, too.

 

[SV_Dude]

I drove about 15k miles on 35's and ifs with 4.88 gears and never had any cv or tie rod issues. I also wheeled the snot out of it.

 

[Driftinfc]

I honestly do want 35s, I feel like it would sit perfectly. And it will prob get wheeled 4 times a month. Sv do u have pics on 35s?

 

[SV_Dude]

Check out my build thread of my old runner, the link is in my sig.

 

[Driftinfc]

35s it is. And 5.29 gears with a rear locker

 

[Footofgod]

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[KidVermicious]

I whee with SV.

rofl ... that's going in my sig. :flipoff:

 

[Driftinfc]

Got lift cleaned, painted and ready to install. Then I run into the lower control arm bolt from hell. I fought the bolt for 2 and a half hrs to no avail. So 1 bolt has put a stop to all momentum.

 

[KidVermicious]

I hate that.

 

[Driftinfc]

I made progress tonight, got that damn bolt out and was able to install the lift. I can honestly say I'm impressed with the kit, seems to be well built. I'm also happy with the lift height, now i just need to grab some 35s.

It's about that time to sell my shocks and tires now. Rancho nitro 8000s

Procomp 31s 15 inch wheel

O and I my winch came in

 

[Driftinfc]

Got the clutch on and started dropping the engine in but ran into a small problem with the trans plate. Had to stop because the phillies started at 7 lol, motor will be in and hopefully running tomorrow.

 

[Driftinfc]

The motor is in and all hooked up. Tomorrow is the moment of truth, I'm praying before bed lol.

 

[KidVermicious]

The motor is in and all hooked up. Tomorrow is the moment of truth, I'm praying before bed lol.

I was so spooked to turn the key after I replaced the head on mine, I think I screwed around for at least an hour finding things to do before I cranked it, lol.

 

[Driftinfc]

I kno I did everything right but I'm pretty effing nervous. Ill post the outcome afterwards

 

[Driftinfc]

Took a little while but she started last night, only problem is a vacuum leak near the intake somewhere that is causing a loud whistle noise and a rough idle. Feels so good when accelerating tho, nice and smooth.

Just need to figure out this leak and its done!

 

[Driftinfc]

Totally forgot to post in this thread.

The truck is up and running, everything is awesome. The one problem I ran into was the rear shackles. They were nasty and in pretty bad shape so I decided to weld on new shackles from sky-manufacturing. Basically just need to fine tune the timing a little better and put miles on it. Looking forward to the next wheeling trip.



Will post pics tonight

 

[Driftinfc]

 

[Tresvn]

Nice glad to hear all is going good. Was wondering how you were making out

 

[Driftinfc]

Ya man all went well. Took a little longer because we lost a couple people at work and I'm working 60hrs a week. When we going out man, we should make a wheeling and fishing trip.